You can expect to spend about four to five hours tiling a standard 36x40 inch double hung window.
Tile trim around kitchen window.
Installing a tile backsplash is not difficult and it involves following just a few steps from prepping the wall to applying the thin set adhesive cutting and setting the tiles and then grouting and sealing.
When installing the tiles around windows make sure you first secure the tile corner trim in thinset.
Finishing pieces can make a huge impact on the overall design of your tile and we want to ensure our clients love their tile from beginning to end.
Choosing tile is hard enough and the nitty gritty details of trim can be overwhelming.
Thoughts from the fog.
Then measure around the window as to cut the tiles with a score and snap cutter or a wet saw to fit into location.
The more challenging part is tiling around a window with mesh tile so that the grid stays perfectly aligned.
See the picture of my rough framing and another image of the type of trim i plan to duplicate.
How to tile around a window with wickes subscribe to the wickes here.
Use bullnose tiles to round off the edges of the window frame and tile the wall first.
In order to tile around a window you have to spread thin set on the wall by using a notched trowel.
In the beginning i had just assumed i trim out the window first and tile around the new trim grouting under the tile and running caulk between the trim and the tile.
That way you can make sure the grout lines of the recess are on the same plane as the wall.
Here are 8 ways of installing tile trim with our finishing options including bullnose chair rails v caps flat liners pencil.